OK, he might not know now but...

Posted By: Suzylyn on 2007-08-30
In Reply to: Usually Dr. dont hire MT, it is thru facility and - only interestin in bottom line-$. Most DR dont car

Make him know. I think its a great idea to take back the work. I was in-house for a very small hospital for 5 yrs. MT dept was 2 FT, 2 PT. I live in a resort area so summers we got slammed and winters we did just about anything to pass the day. During the summer they refused to hire any more help for us, yet screamed that we were behind and the hospital was losing money, yada yada yada. Winters is when the ER kept us going. After several yrs of trying different things (all of which my bipolar dept head royally screwed up), they decided to outsource ER but keep inpatient stuff in-house. We kept voicing our concerns about our jobs and were continually told we were all fine, not to worry. Well, guess what... about a yr later they were so happy with outsource keeping up with everything (although some of the reports that came through were god-awful) and the hospital not behind in billing that they decided to eliminate one of the FT positions which was me because I had been there the least amount of time. It all comes down to the almighty $ which is really sad, forget about quality and people's lives. I agree most doctors don't know anything about the transcriptionists. All they know is they dictate the report and the report ends up in the chart when all is said and done. Unfortunately, they could care less what happens after they dictate, as long as the report is in the chart in the end. Maybe thats where we as MTs come in. Maybe we do have to make the doctor and the brick-and-mortar realize how important we really are as MTs. And yes, I said we are important, lets all give outselves a pat on the back for the challenging job we do. We have to somehow change their mindset from just saving $ to seeing how vital our services are to producing quality work. Let's stop complaining and making up every excuse in the book and blaming everybody else, and start being proactive in resolving this whole mess we're in.

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MTs NEED TO UNITE - CMT Ohio
- This will not help anything! - MidwestMT
- Union for MTs - old tired MT
  - What is wrong with the PEOPLE of this Country - Me
    - If US wipes out its MT industry, it better be prepared to - pay out a LOT of welfare $$.
      - Um, Welfare? Don't think so.. - me
    - No one cares. I have told many people SM - Sally Forth
  - If not the union, then what is the answer? - Suzylyn
    - Aim the missles at India & Pakistan - in addition to China & Korea....
    - we need legislation, not unions. - sm
      - I'd be alot more interested in working weekends, - - Flibertygibbit - s/m
    - Let's take the work back! - SallySunshine
      - I stated the same thing in another post...sm - tbpmt
        I'm not in a rural area. I'm in a big city and everything is SM - SF
      - Usually Dr. dont hire MT, it is thru facility and - only interestin in bottom line-$. Most DR dont car
        OK, he might not know now but... - Suzylyn
        I think the MDs that care in their offices or clinics sm - not the answer
        I told several of mine. They couldn't care less. - Not money out of their pockets. nm
        So talk to the "facility"... - grand.delusions
        See my post above about the same thing... - tbpmt
        The facility is a "suit" who has no idea of MT. He - just knows $. Talk to him if you can get to him. n
        Most Dr. dont care and dont know how they get - trascription. Ask your doc, he wont know. nm
        hate to stick up for the docs, but.. - atc
        Docs are kept in the dark - MMoore

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